Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-06-18
ACCOMAC C. Fl, VA. SATURDAY, JUNE 49, 1873

men. Ii it IS white hands. nne
clothes and sickly bodies you wish
they, too, can be supplied in un-
limited numbers, You continue tc
shower your choicest favors or
that sort. If men in search Of
wives wonll adopt the rnle of the
Vicar of Wakefield, and pick those
qualities that will wear well, those
are the attributes girls wonl1 take
most pride in fostering. Whatev-
er market YOU create yOn cain de-
pend on the girls for supplying
But let no young farmer think he
can better bis situation by turning
his back on the country girls. They
have turned mp trumps i'll thou
sands of places; they have been
the mothers of our greatest men
all along the line from Washing
ton to Cleveland, and this whole
some influence has zpermeated all
classes of society. Dear reader,
have YOU n Q Z country mother or
grandmother or, if mot these,
some dearly beloved mother-in-
law, whose cxcelIent5qnalities at
test the truth of these assertions
Marriage has always been q lottery,
and is likely TO remain so. fla lit
tie of the sentimental was left out
in mans association with woman.
he might have a better chance to
beStow his heart where his judg-
ment directed. The two must go
together, to prove a happy, perma.
nent fixture Those who think that
getting married will life them
above the woes of the world, and
they can henceforlh take mp their
abode among the stars, will find
themselves grievonsly mistaken
Then is just whea the nps and
downs begin. 1t is u Christening
process good for Us to go through
TO drive out self and learn that we
must live in kind Difference for
OCllcf'S WaHtS.
I would not cast a shadow in the
path of the trusting young, nor
wake them from their sweet dream
of welded bliss; bnt the sooner
they prepare for the breakers
ahead, the better for them. There
arc narrowing cares and Affections
more than the Young can imagine,
that sap the sweet out of existence
and require great deal of heaven
ly grace to bear. | have looked, in
nymilbl's eye, over a vast number
of married pairs have known, and
not one hut has had some visible
source of keen SORROW, while the
unseen and untold has probably
been greater and harder to bear.
The founding Of u new and hap
py home is one of the moss lauda-
Die ambitious young man can
have. would like to extend my
hand across the wide scope OF
country to my young friend who
has Sought my advice, anil give
t {, .sss,S word Of praise. | cannot
f h,m e 81 y sFa III Pc s!tae!s SsEs
yailf. II the Masters vineyardEthan
bachelor. How can q man, who
is a man, be contentto look to some
other mans wife or daughter to
provide his home comforts and
dam his heels. How little, how
shriveIed, how insignificant a man
must feel WHO has no lawfully con-
stiUutcd authority to whom he CAN
go and say "My dear. here is u but
ton Just come eff | should not
like my house cluttered with a
bachelor. He HAS never provided
Il home and protection for any wo-
wan; why should | be bothered
with himY Let him sew on his own
buttons until he has courage to do
as my husband did, as my distant
friend proposes to do. How COW
arlly, to be afraid to get married.
What are few tribulations? We
must have them in I'LL situations,
but if the matrimonial house is
built on the Christian rock, distur
bance may creep in anil jostle and
shake, MISREPRESENTATION There
it will stand, one of the best Of the
worlds fOrtS.-Earm Journal.